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CONTROL OF TRAVEL TO AND FROM CUBA

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CONTROL OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS

CONTROL OF MOVEMENT OF CUBAN PROPAGANDA
CONTROL OF CLANDESTINE MOVEMENT OF GUERRILLAS
AND ARMS

EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION
SURVEILLANCE OF CUBAN DIPLOMATIC, COMMERCIAL
AND CULTURAL MISSIONS

STRENGTHENING OF COUNTER-INSURGENCY
CAPABILITIES

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
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COMMENTS : Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 6. Draft report concerning control of access to and surveillance of
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BRAPT

a. Developed highly useful information on feequency
of Cuban “chartered flights to Bragdl, names and nationalities
of passengers ead orew, oad lax measures of control followed

by Brasilien authorities. Transmitted this dafermation to

@ation ehiefs in the Letin American countries ef the nen-
Breailiens travelling on these flights.

b. Maintained cloge watch over travel to and from

€ubs. See Amex 3 fer table of known travel of Latin Americans
during July and August. |

¢, 4g @ result of information furnished by him by the
CIA Station in Buense Aires end with the Station's urging, the
Atgentine Minister ef Interie: tudiested thet be would make
every effort to prevent Argentine delegates from attending the
International Union of Architects Cengress im Havana.

a. At the urging of the CIA Statden end the Snbasey
the Bolivian Mindeter of Interior issued in mid-July ea orde¢
prohibiting the granting of travel permits to Cuba on erher

| blec countries te Bolivien naticnals.

SEGRED

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@, Partly ae a result of the efforts of the CIA
etetion im Santiago, the Ceverment of Chile prohibited the
| ban sponsored Sacend
Congress, which bad been achedeled to tke
place in Sautiage in August, ‘Thie was ome of the fectors which

entry inte Chile of or;

tatie 2

led to postponement ef thet

£, After considerable prodding by the CIA Station |

and the Lebessy the Minister of Publie Securiey of Costa Rice |
ee presented legislative propesa )
which will gequive 211 persens intending to travel te Communi

lg t¢ She Coata Rican Assembly

| countries te have thelr travel appr
 Seata Rilean wocurtty agency
g. CIA Station ia Moxie

ing the elandestine errivel of passengers fa Vera Crus

‘Guban merchant ships, #fferte are bet:

guade to ebtein more

information and to encourage atrictar

authorities,

Gulneen suthorities to deny use of aixpert feetiieles by fiighea
on Esbana-teaced route, These efforts achieved « temporary
withholding of pernlesion for future regular flights, at least

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until such time es the Soviets develop their own refueling facilities
at Conaxry,.
> Enettected Embassy Blo te approach Braci lian

a

authorities to eapress our deep concern at the growing frequency
o£ Cuban non-echedulad flights te Breedi and request their
cooperation im curbing then, Alao instructed eur Eubaseies

is several latin American countries to work with CIA etation |
thiefe in furnishing the names of nationale of those
travelling on these flights to lecal authorities and weging

eon erles

thea: (1) co dmetdeute tighter controls on their ow eitiaens

travelling te Cube, aad @ iv euprese theiy concern te the
- RN MEW T
neaoeet é Brantt wer Cuban use of Bragil aa a way station

fev transporting dubversives.

@, As @ vesult of sepresentetions wade to the Brinich
goverment about Cuban flighte to the Cayman Islends carrying
latina fueriecan subversives, the British developed an sduindeteative
echona which will offecetvoly peobible the veo of British
Caribbean dependencies by Cubana eg transit polats for passengers.
The British taten

. to wequive teaneit vieas of passengers pacsiug
through their areas, and to reject applications for auek wises
eucept in certain special cases, Parsons not posecosing vieas

would be prevented from leaving their atxeragt, ee would be

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Mesles City oa August: a te
anferm the Mexican eislinc CMA that the United States is

opposed te a proposal that GA operate oharter lights te caxry

vefugees from Havana to Central Avex 103, eh, as a result,
atated that they hed us intention of procecding furchar with

this project,

ucted U.S, Miselone im Curaces amd the Ha gue

bat REM was. ploneiag te venew «6
tights and to reiterate

‘ean US opposition

088 mptlon of aie service to Ceba, KLM agcured cur Eabeesy
thee there do 20 “plan to initiate dervice, scheduled or nonq
scheduled, to Hebans,

om Suguse 1 thet the Governor had no knowledge of any talks

betucen the 8,6, Mindeery of Commmleations and the. Cuban Gov

ment vegardiag Lending rights for Cubana py:

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sed elie te refuse te agelet the Ceben goverment

otte to fied & ghoxt seute for zetumnf the a8 American
‘by Gamers } Cube, Also Jaferned Pan

& that wo were eppseed te « Cuban request for

gions at Sort of Spain and

ades on guveral ecensions te appreseh these govexomente to

cam of the 0.8, at iedlentions of Gubso daverest

in the use of their aviation fectiivies,

expresa the oe

diable that would enable
vereats of alzewatt vithia their turmricery,

cated caceptivences to the progessi et

fing perled tuhaesy ¢

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announcing during Auguat that the meeting bed beoa posteoncd,.
k, Semh general instructions to eur miagionas im cuumiries
whieh pactieipate ia the International tm

Lon of Architects aching
thes to urge the cooperation of gov

asmeatel authorities in
preventing ey discouragiag the attendance of they citizens to
the VEE UIA Congeese fin Habana, Septenber 29-0eteber 4, 1963.

i this up with fostruectone to individual geste te bey
2 feasible to dissuade architecte from free world countries
from serving on the jury for the selection of a Bay of Pigs

SORECORE

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Responding te the urging of the O1A Seatton aolice
of the State of Guemsbara seized large quantities of grape
ganda brought inte Brazil by passe

agers on the spectal Cubéas

flighta. For exemple, soma $0 pounds of printed propaganda

was taken from the various passengers who arrived on the 16
Aaguat Cabena flight.

a Continued eurveillencse of the area surrounding Cuba
uring the month of July at the seme cate and with the same
emphasis es pelex to 1 July 1963.

&. Continued te maintain U.S. Forces, peimarily from

within the Atlentie Comend, available te assiet other Caribbean

srnments ia the interception of suepleious craft in
territorial watexe, a8 might be requested. Be euch requests were

weeelved from aay other govern

ment during the perfed covered by
this report. However, U.S. Perces did keep trapk of the
location of the Soviet werchant freighter METCHURINSE, which

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ves suspected of caprying subveusives and erue from Gcbe te
British Guieme ia sid-Joly. MITCHURINGK was under U9.
auxveillance from ite departura from Havens witil Ueited
Kingdom forces aesumed the task of heeping this ship wader
survellianee upon ite epproach to Georgetown, British Guiana.
Subsequentiy, Beitish police search of MITCHURINGE in Beittich
Gulane waters revealed nothing of suspieious nature.

&A¢ the repeated urging of the GLA Station in Idma

the Peruvian Government law in August publiehed a new anti~
terrorists lew providing a penalty of no less then five years
‘inpeteonnant for paredns who pertielate ta guerrilla setivities
ex in the illegel mmutace

ine of weapons or explosives.

The Pemivien Mational Intelligence Service is working
o8 6 lead formished by che CLA Station in Lime concerning 2
200 fon vessel teportediy tuvelved in axene tragfte,

cructed our Consulate General in Geergetewn to

investigeta reports that commercial eargoes (which could coneeal
diliet® arms

traffie wut of Cube) bad developed between British
Gulans and Culie. Investigations ta date have been negative.

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Coeperated with the Foreign Assate Control Office of
the Treasury Department in developing blocking eonteols with
respect te Cuba whieh went inte effect on July 9, 1963.

& Continued the inetellation of military comuniea~
tions Kecilities in Levin America. Cperational dates for the
wulti-channel radio stations te be iustalled im Menegua,

‘Weerague and Tegucigelpe, Headuras have been delayed to 15
Geteber 1962 and 18 Decerber 1963, feupectively because of new
engiasering and eontenctual tequirementa, Hegetlattens are
continuing with Coloubie end Eeuador for installation of U.S.
wilitary adie facilities. Con

wietion of a now commereial treng-

istimian cable in the Pang

sa Cone fone within the cesing meath,
ie expected to Improve militery eommunientions within the
~in-Chlef, U.S. Sewthern Command
b. Continued the surveillance of Guba by U.S. Forces ,

reporting ae before te 0.8. ndazs, orgentsationa end agencies.

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al

BSeporta of gurvedlieneé kava been dieseniuated to all whe have

& tequirement te know.
@. Eotabliiehed 2 24 hour per day, 7 days per week duty

waten et the 0.8. Milidtery Grevps in the Caribbean coumtries in

conjunction with tuplementetion of the military alerting system.

Continuad efferte to staff the U.S. Southers Command Intelligence
Center wlth preperly cleaged, trateed personnel (thia center is
the wilitary fecal point toe relaying information couceraing

the movement of subversives). Piiled, partially, the authorized
billets in the U.S. Soothera

took wider consideration the problem of en imeresen im the billee

etrueture in the Centex. the Commaz

Command together with bis tetelligence officer visited Bondures
aad Nicaragua aud datermined thet wo eignificant preblems existed
which would interfere with e€ective operations ta these
countries.

€. detion previously initiated by the Commander, U.S.

Reval Forces, Southern Commend (COMUSNAVSO) to eastebiieh a Beall

seit Inepeetion and Training Team (GCIATT) es « contribution tc
the Caribbean Surveillance Syaten is progressing satisfactorily.

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jignment of U.S. Coast Guoré personnel to SCIATT
im the Canal Zone has been aperoved and the 0.8. Coast Guard

hag teken appropriate implementing actions.

@. During the perlod of thie zeport, the SCIATY con~
ductes an ourthe-job training course at Pumtsrenes, Coste
Rica. Traiming wee given to 13 members of the Guardia Civil
ef Coste Riea whe wore. either eawly asgiened to the 40 faor.
Goast Guard utiliey beate (CG@UBe) or were to be abetgned as
geplacenest @raw members.

&. A quavterly inepection and evalestion ef the cauns

provided ether Central Anerican countries waa conducted ducing
the perieé 17 to 31 Augest by a aebdle training team @tTT)
made up of SCLATT persormmel.
. @. Contiaued efferce to improve the internal security
of Latin deerican armies through the mrevision of intel Ligenes
ivisote. Presently these are ouch advisors segigned te 14

| ‘Latia countries, emphasising counterintelligence aud counters
subveraion.

h. uring the reporting period HiTs cenducted tralaing
in eounterineurgerey for the armed foxces of Coloubia, Bolivie,
Venasusle, Tera end £1 Salvador.

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i. Givyie detlon MTTe were sent to Cuatenale, Bolivia, i
Colonbia, 21 Selvader, Jamaton aad Teudder.

GIA Stations througheut hands fmerieca continued in a
great majority of countries to fureieh co the local daternal
jnom they axe in Liaison informe

tion comeerning travelers te and from Cuba, ag well as such
information es came te CIA's attention comeeraing the movenent
of funds, ami and propagende waterial. Ia meay inetances, the
fureiehing of information to the inte:
the GTA Station was paralleled by tha Surmiehtar of similes
information te the fotelen offices by the Aebescader of Ais

i security service by

repregentative. The gesponse te thie inforestion hes varied
greatly. The Centeal deeriean countries, in geueral, begen to
pay attention te the information ond teke action on de. At the

éuring Che reporting period

te follow ep on the iafermetion.

a. RBeitereted te the Porelen Minister of Pera our
imterest in having the facte of the Puerte Meldonade incident

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brought. te the attention ef the O49, and urged thet this action

hon 9 soon oe paseibie.
be Uxged the Goverment of Guatemala te submde avideace
e€ communist activity to che OAS,

cen ee . . Lo . Lo. . cnet oe tele

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Rivernctnncanceen


intteucted imbesey Le Pan to follow uo elosely oa
charges of involvement of Cuban mission in internal polities
of Bolivia, and, at the Bubs

say's disewetion, te point out to
Bolivien officiale the opportunity for a possible aveck ia
uéletions with Cuba. Rebaesy Le Pex was not able to press’.
for @ break when the evidence of Cuban intervention did aot
prove to be se conclueive ce originally reportad..

Report trenenithiag the deeument to the goveramente
and urging then te ispleneat the epecifte and general recom
nigtions ¢ontained thereia as soon a6 possible.
& Thteugh Exbessy ¥

raat of the matters which wa wanted to hawe eoasidexed

magua informed the Mlearseven

duting the inforusl meeting of the Winieters of Security end
interfer of the Iethuian countries hald im Mengeua, duguat
26-28 in preparation for the second formal meeting of the
Neneacve Se

uzity Conference countries later thie year.

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&. Resssured President Schick of Wlearegua fin tho
most eephatic tarmm that the Nuclear Test Ban Trenty did net
mean thet our attitude toward Cagtre hes altered in che

slightest, end eteessed cur interest in seeing steady eroprese -

by all the Isthelen coumeries im iuplemeating the recoumenda~ —
tions of the Mandgue fee
subversive efforts.

city Conference to bieck Cuban |

é Eepletined tn detail the asture of the Cuban theest
and the celeted poll

“y Gbjectives of the U.9., during conversa-

mad ton with Me. Aden Wateon, newly
appointed Unitish Aubasseder to Cuba.

be Agency's pregs service during the reporting
period trenemitted 12 articles, commentaries, and backgrounder:
on ite wireless file service co USTA posts thicoughe wt i

ica Spanish broadeasts to Latin Ameriece carried « total of
28 commentaries and features on the sulject of Cuben-based

subversion in addition to the weguler reporting of develoguents

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&. In vessense to steading Agency ingtruetians eo give

epectel attention to develooments veleged te Cuba~based

gubveraion, USIS poste in Latin, America were prompt ta reporting

inedéents ond in providing editerial comments fren the Letina

feaglesa press, all of whieh wes used in the Ageney's radio and
the main developments treated in the Agency's redie and

prase eoverage included Castro’s July 26 2

patch urging revelu-
tions in Latin dmeriea, the diewovery ef terrecist seapons
fectories iu Guayaquil, the Bouse « Vieo President's encushon

Cuban tenponsibiliey for terrerdam, the statensnt by State

Departaent Prees Officer Richerd Phillips that “poential

gubversive agente” trem Cube te the Carfbbeaa area were passing
through Gren Caymen, the expulsion of a Bolivian youth leader
for veeaiving fondle toon Cubs, Castwe-trained tercariecs ia

Honduras, /Relivien protests againuet unddidug by the Coben Eebaan;

a. preying reporter fa
tomtes on the,

da the miner’s strike. <A Voles of Ameri.

Letin dueries provided aeveral ceperte ad:

gubversion picture in countries he viedted.

e. Te auppert of the dgemey’s effort on Cuban-based
subversion, the publications center in Mexico began work on

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L

Pas Sy .
thres peuphlets during the pariod besed on Castro's report of «
hie visit to the Soviet Uelon (showing that he coneradieted

laien of Soviet progress) .
wider Castro, and tha fate

the losses suffered by Cuban Labor
ef political gpgisosare im Cuba. “hen completed, thea pacphlers
will be reproduced and distributed in quantity thrawwhewt the

area.

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